Mainland China, once the largest importing country of plastic waste, has now closed its door to overseas garbage — because of a documentary. Through the story of YiJie, a 11-year-old girl who grows up in refuse from around the world, Plastic China confronts global consumption and waste export with the most critical environment and social questions.

When millions of alluring commodities await shoppers in malls everywhere, shopping seems a natural hobby for urbanites. The cycle of "I want it, I buy it, I throw it away" is symptomatic of consumption bulimia, whose victims cannot differentiate need from desire. Driving this global culture of excess, isolated workers labour in remote industrial sites. Their ascetic-like existence is captured aesthetically in Beautiful Things, which compels the audience to reflect on the world's material obsession. Can we take a break from materialism and reclaim the space of silence?